Apostasía — G646

Definition

feminine noun

defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy")

Usually translated as

forsake, falling away

Origin

feminine of the same as G647

• apostásion (G647)

Occurrences

Apostasía occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), 2 Thessalonians (1)

• Acts 21:21 — And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake (ἀποστασίαν) Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3 — Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away (ἀποστασία) first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;